“Unearthed Secrets: Mechanic’s Routine Repairs Reveal Hidden Treasures and Unexplained Mysteries”
However, they soon made a follow-up post that cleared up this messy mystery for everyone. And they had quite the public service announcement after several hours of cleaning. In their words, “Remember kids, DON’T USE COMPRESSED AIR TO SUS OUT VACUUM LEAKS!!”
When it’s wheel versus curb, the curb always wins
Reddit user hpshaft described this scene as “$17,000 in two pictures.” Considering that it depicts a Lamborghini Urus’s wheel and CCM rotor after it ran into a curb at 50 miles per hour, it’s easy to see how they arrived at that number.
The damage was shocking to hpshaft, who said they had never seen a 23-inch forged wheel get torn apart like this. It’s a great reminder that any car that tries to eat a curb will bite off more than it can chew.
A pretty gross but familiar sight to a lot of people
It’s very easy for a car to get dirty, and when people take a look around inside, they’re sure to find a lot of dust and sticky stuff after they’ve driven it long enough. However, none of the mess that’s shown here comes naturally to the car.
That’s because the driver of this vehicle has been using their shift pad as an ashtray. That’s not really something that most people would want to clog up, but this car is part of a fleet, so it’s not like they owned it anyway.
This is a sign of a larger problem
Despite how it looks, Reddit user Gilgamesh2000000 explained that this pry bar wasn’t stuck in the wheel when they got there. Instead, this little mishap simply told them how big the job ahead of them was.
It turns out this tire didn’t want to come off the wheel, which means the workers were going to have a whale of a time getting it off without taking the wheel with it. And since those stains indicate that they already tried tire lube, it looks like it’s going to be a long night.
How long has that been there?
Generally, people can tell when it’s time to replace a tire by how much tread that tire has left. By that metric, bald tires are either a sign of some unspeakably difficult terrain or a worryingly long period of neglect.
However, that smoothness isn’t the only way that a tire can tell a driver it gave up the ghost a long time ago. All that fraying indicates that it’s been rotting for so long that it’s starting to bulge out. When was the last time this car drove anywhere?
Nobody should ever get into this car
Reddit user ajaydizzle showed off this Volkswagen Beetle that their brother somehow managed to sell. In all likelihood, he’s selling it for parts because it’s obvious that this thing has an entire ecosystem in the driver’s seat. The steering wheel alone looks like it’s ready to give someone at least three different diseases.
So, how did this happen? How did this Beetle get to the point where it was more mold than car? Apparently, it had spent a long time sitting near standing water and had a broken door seal. Still, people were surprised it hadn’t been stuck in a flood with a mold case this extreme.
Aww, what a magical moment
Although mechanics never know what kind of problems their customers might bring in, they also don’t know what vehicle they’ll end up seeing. That’s because some days will bring on a wave of intense nostalgia when something like this rolls into the shop.
However, this time, it was something of a two-for-one because while the customer wanted this Ranchero serviced, they also used a ramp truck from the car’s heyday to deliver it. Due to their strange shapes, it almost looks like one of these vehicles is giving birth to the other.
Beware of “temporary” solutions
Although it’s generally a pain to replace a broken car part, it’s a necessary step in many more cases than some people would like to admit. And that’s a reality that definitely comes to mind when people are faced with a sight like this.
As wonderful and versatile as zip ties can be, they aren’t a replacement for a bump stop. Unfortunately, it’s hard not to see things that way when a temporary fix ends up working well enough to seem permanent.
This fix wasn’t exactly subtle
For the uninitiated, it probably looks like the car is leaking some strange, viscous ooze everywhere. However, those with a little more experience can tell that something went wrong here, and all that stuff is an unsightly attempt to fix it.
As far as Reddit user quiveringcalm could tell, this panel broke off the car’s interior, and the customer used a red RTV sealant to patch it back up. Although they wondered why this person didn’t use a less obvious color like black, commenters figured that they had the red stuff and didn’t want to buy more sealant.
